The Cheaters

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“Whiskey-Fueled, Home-Fried Rock and Roll”… that’s The Cheaters. Proudly hailing from the Mid-Atlantic, The Cheaters are set to take on the world by delivering their unique brand of in your face rock-n-roll with an attitude all their own.

In only a few short years, The Cheaters have released two critically acclaimed CD’s, sold thousands of records, and played hundreds of shows throughout the U.S.A., not to mention successfully performing in Europe, Guam and Japan. The Cheaters have also shared the stage with such diverse national acts as ZZ Top, The Pretenders, Shooter Jennings, The Stray Cats, Ace Frehley, REO Speedwagon, The Wailers, and this past summer, were the opening act for Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd in Virginia. This is a band that has a little bit of something for everyone and any time The Cheaters play, you can bet they will leave the crowd wanting more.

The Cheaters’ live performance is a non-stop barrage of the band’s energy, talent and showmanship that draws the crowd in, and won’t let them go until they break a sweat. The band’s most recent album, “Midnight Run”, is a direct byproduct of the band’s raw power and musical talent.

The Cheaters have also recently debuted a video for the single “Blow My Mind”, that is getting rave reviews and is generating unprecedented traffic. With each album this band gets better and better and every time you see them, The Cheaters’ live performance confirms what their fans already know, and the converted have just discovered; this is what rock and roll is supposed to be, and this is a band that’s here to stay.

Highlights:
* JACK FM (102.7) selects THE CHEATERS to perform at JACKFEST 2007 along side ZZ Top, REO Speedwagon, The Pretenders, and Stray Cats @ First Mariner Arena in Baltimore, MD for a SOLD OUT crowd of 15,000.

* Armed Forces Entertainment invites THE CHEATERS to perform a 2 week tour for the troops stationed in Japan and Guam.

* Classic Rock Magazine selects The Cheaters to appear on “Take It From Ear” cd compilation, alongside acts like Foreigner, Europe, and Uriah Heep.

* THE CHEATERS are first and only US band chosen to perform at the 2008 SALTSOUND festival in Sventoji, Lithuania for a crowd of 15,000.

* Classic Rock Magazine (UK) invites The Cheaters to join major artists on compilation for AC/DC issue!

* CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE
“TNT Dynamite New Music Compilation” features The Cheaters’ “All of the Drugs.”
Over 70,000 units SOLD!

“The Cheaters are crowd-pleasing party starters who mix up a heady cocktail of 70′s Southern rock and rip-this-joint rock ‘n roll.�
-Classic Rock Magazine

“The Cheaters play every show like they’re in front of a broken-bottle and pool cue-swinging outlaw crowd at some dusty outpost, as if their survival is contingent on the energy they bring to the stage.”
-Rob Goszkowski, Editor – Bay Weekly, Annapolis, MD

“Maryland’s hardest working and hardest rocking band.”
-www.upnextmusic.net

“After the first passages one heard much, but prevailing a thought actually remains: These are the legitimate successors of the BLACK CROWES.”
-Home of Rock

“Both thumbs highly for “The Cheaters L.P.”. One can only urgently recommend to keep this combo in the eye because their debut is not certainly their last word.”
-Rocktimes

“The good songwriting and the excellent control of the instruments as well as the outstanding singing surprise in view of the young personness of the musicians. The sound is characteristic and irresistible.”
-Squelar Rocks